Our Project
Leveraging on the partner networks, as well as on the links to the national educational authorities and regional initiatives, MicroCASA has an ambition to have a systemic impact on the ASEAN region as a whole.
Our Objectives
We aim to contribute to further modernization and improving responsiveness of the system of Higher Education in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines by building the capacities in local Universities to co-design and deliver short, competences-based and transparently-assessed courses leading to the issuance of digital micro-credentials, as well as by supporting their mutual recognition.
Identify effective local models for providing education and micro-credentials, while building capacity and fostering international collaboration with European professional communities
Share European best practices to build local capacity in codesigning and delivering efficient short educational units and engaging stakeholders to maximize the impact of micro-credentials
Develop and evaluate short digital competency units in socially significant domains to validate built capacity in an operational environment
Spread project excellence to regional stakeholders and create a local community of micro-credential practitioners linked to European communities for continuous capacity building and best practice exchange
Activities and Work Packages
6 work packages covering the 3 project phases:
Preparation, Development, and Evaluation and Dissemination
WP 1: Micro-credentials in SEA: Comparative and Foresight Study
T1.1 Regional micro-credentials Comparative study (Online survey)
T1.2 Roundtable “Microcredentials for SEA”
WP 2: Micro-credentials Capacity Building Programme
T2.1 Capacity building for academic staff
T2.2 Technical Capacity Building
T2.3 Career guidance and learner counselling capacity building
T2.4 Institutional development planning
WP 3: Pilot Courses Development
T3.1 Courses co-design
T3.2 Courses development
T3.3 Marketing and customer relations
WP 4: Evaluation Trial and Quality Control Mechanism
T4.1 Evaluation methodology and tools
T4.2 Evaluation, Data gathering and processing
T4.3 Quality control mechanism
WP 5: Awareness, Excellence and Sustainability
T5.1 Project website
T5.2 Social media presence
T5.3 Traditional dissemination
T5.4 Final Conference
WP 6: Project Management and Coordination
T6.1 Project infrastructure
T6.2 Coordination and Administration
Project Deliverables
D1.2
White Paper: Action Plan for Micro-credentials adoption in HE of SEA
D2.1
Capacity Building Programme Report
D2.2
Infrastructure and technical skills development Report
D2.3
Institutional Development Plans for micro-credentials adoption
D3.1
Micro-courses for better employability
D3.2
Country stakeholder workshops
D4.1
Course evaluation Guidelines
D4.2
Evaluation Report
D5.3
Conference “Microcredentialing in Higher and Vocational Education of SEA” Report
D5.4
Dissemination Report
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
